Kylie Kelce has been Jason Kelce’s anchor since college, and the story behind their bond is bigger than football (Getty Images)
Jason Kelce won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles in February 2018, then played six more seasons as one of the league’s best centers. He retired in March 2024 after 13 years. Coming from a player who spent 13 years at the center of the Eagles’ line, that is a big thing to hand over to someone else. They met on Tinder, according to the brothers’ podcast, and married in 2018, a few months after the Super Bowl win. Wyatt arrived in 2019, Elliotte in 2021 and Bennett in 2023. On the May 15, 2024 episode of New Heights, Jason shared that Wyatt and Elliotte now attend the same preschool Kylie went to as a child. In a January 2024 interview with Good Morning America, Kylie said she is still not used to the attention. Stay updated with the latest Asian Games 2026 news , check the Asian Games medal tally and complete Asian Games schedule .
Kelce has credited Kylie for the best years of his career, and he said so on the day he retired. Kelce seemed to get that when he said goodbye to the game. He thanked Kylie by name and said, “I think it’s no coincidence I have enjoyed my best years of my career with Kylie by my side. On New Heights, he and Kylie described Ellie as an easygoing second child, and he said she looks a lot like Kylie’s baby pictures. “It’s fun listening to your kids talk about what they did for the day, who they’re meeting in their little classes,” he said.
These days his biggest job is at home, where he and his wife Kylie are raising four daughters: Wyatt, Elliotte, Bennett and Finnley. The family now sits at the center of his public life, from the New Heights podcast to the Amazon documentary Kelce. Football rewards what can be counted: rings, Pro Bowls, snaps. Family life does not keep score that way. The timing helps tell the story. Every season after that came with a family growing in the background. There is a football angle here too. Linemen rarely make highlight reels, and they get noticed mostly when something goes wrong. Kylie has watched all of it. Finnley is the newest, which makes it a house of four girls. Jason has been open about how different they are. Details like that sound small, but they show a dad who is paying attention. Parenting seems to run on the same skill. School has added a new layer. Join conversation Share your thoughts in the comments Be respectful · TOI community guidelines Leaving the field did not mean leaving the spotlight. Jason co-hosts New Heights with his brother Travis, and Kylie hosts her own podcast, Not Gonna Lie. That makes the Amazon documentary Kelce a useful window. It shows the family on its own terms, which fits how Jason and Kylie handle fame at home. Here is the real shift. A Super Bowl parade comes once. Preschool pickup comes every day, and retirement gives him more room for it. Get the latest Sports News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.
A lineman learns to notice small shifts before the snap.